Research Methodologies

In research using qualitative methodologies:

• Focus is generally on understanding or explaining particular events, cases, or phenomena
• May include descriptive statistics (e.g., number of subjects who are women) to provide context to research, but not advanced mathematical analysis

Qualitative data can include narratives, descriptions of interactions, interviews, participant observation, and other types of non-numerical data.

Try any of these keywords with your topic:

• content analysis
• discourse analysis
• ethnography
• field notes
• focus group
• historiography
• interview
• participant observation
• qualitative